leinhart - "every qb tampers with the ball, except one"

[Frank Hollywood]

Two things wrong in this post. The Indy balls haven't been tested according to anyone, so we don't know if they were deflated or not 2 days later. Secondly, it's not just the ref's job to inspect pre game and at the half. It's their job to not put balls in the field of play that don't qualify. It's in the rule book. They have to get a ball from the opposing team if a team's balls don't meet specifications.

All balls are weighed twice before each game. Something happened after they were weighed. In other words, the balls DID qualify at the beginning of the game. Once they were altered, it's their job to ensure the ball is within regulation, hence, the reweighing. What is it exactly you dont understand?

[MHS831]

Some are saying stupid stuff like "Everybody cheats." That is what the cheaters say, anyway.  In the NFL, there is cheating on nearly every play, but if caught, there are consequences.  This is the second instance of cheating under BB that has been exposed.  To me, that is as bad as Payton in New Orleans and Bountygate.  I think BB should be suspended for a year. 

 

Tp those who say, "They would have won anyway."  In most cases, the outcome of a football game can be reduced to about 3-4 plays. And unless you are psychic, you do not know how the game would have turned out. For example, if my WR catches a ball that he would have dropped on one play of a 13-play drive, and that is the ONLY play that was impacted, then it could be the difference between a punt and a TD.  If it happens twice in a game, ONLY TWICE, That is more points than the biggest spreads in Vegas.   it not only could impact the score, but the other team's play calling.  When this was discovered the score was 17-7.  Ten points.  That is enough to change Indy's complete strategy in the second half.  They had to be more aggressive in bad weather than New England, who could run the ball, and they did.  Result?  Blowout.

 

To those who say, :"I don't see what the big deal is." You are either saying that you cannot understand how slight advantages can tip the scale or you are saying that you have a nearly non-existent personal code of ethics.  Just my opinion.

[pstall]

My god when will it end

I have gotten enough lectures here on due to it being a football forum not to expect logic that I can confidently say never.

[PantherFanOne]

When rulles are knowingly and willingly broken by a team to obtain an unfair advantage,one that could effect the outcome of a game,that offending team should have a high draft choice taken, or a salary cap reduction,especially a team that has been caught cheating in the past.

 

These NFL teams make so much money that fining them a sum of money is not as much of a wake up call as a draft choice hit ,or salary cap reduction, Hit the offending  team in an area that hurts and not only will it get their attention but other teams that might have ideas of breaking rules that would favor them.

[GRWatcher]

Actually if you go by what Rodgers said.....he doesn't admit to that. He advised he liked to see what the refs would do. Which could imply they went for standard inspection and played with what the refs deemed okay.

He never said he altered it. He said he liked them overinflated and push the limits.... would want to see if the refs took some out. If the refs deem it okay it is

Rodgers acknowleged the refs ability to inspect.....didn't claim to alter what the refs gave them back to play with (which is what NE is guilty of)

 

What he also said was that the balls are checked indoors out of any weather elements that could affect the balls in play and he feels that should change. Said the balls always change on their own once they are outside. But that change would happen for both teams unless one team stores them differently, as an example, in heated air.

[Silent Majority]

Lol @ people breaking their necks to excuse the almighty duo of jesus in cleats and his sidekick the hooded pope. Buncha hero worshippers.

[Cary Kollins]

Belicik will use this crap to motivate his team, "they all say we had to cheat to win", blah, blah, blah

 

 

exactly this.

 

 

I think the Patriots blow the Seahawks out of the water, using this as motivation.

[run1stdownrun2nddown]

Two things wrong in this post. The Indy balls haven't been tested according to anyone, so we don't know if they were deflated or not 2 days later. Secondly, it's not just the ref's job to inspect pre game and at the half. It's their job to not put balls in the field of play that don't qualify. It's in the rule book. They have to get a ball from the opposing team if a team's balls don't meet specifications.

 

Lol and what are the refs supposed to do? Take a 20 second timeout between every play to stick a needle in the ball and check the PSI?

 

Real simple concept here... the refs inspected the balls pre-game, gave them back to the Patriots, the Patriots then took air out of the balls. How is that hard to understand?

[AceBoogie]

Why the hell does it matter? Just let each team set there own damn psi

[Johnny Rockets]

Nobody gave a poo about Cam's visor clips, but there was still a rule regulating it.

 

 

I would say the lawyers at Nike and the $250M they gave the NFL for exclusive rights to all on field apparel probably gave a poo about it and had something to do with that rule.

[Johnny Rockets]

My god when will it end

 

After January 27th.

 

Media Day - that's when  someone will say something stupid or Marshawn Lynch's "interview" with the media will spurn another debate / discussion and deflated balls is no longer the only thing to talk about.  

[Carl Spackler]

OP straight butchered his name haha

[Jangler]

the only "football" Leinart tampers with now